A rare cause of infective endocarditis; Lactococcus garvieae

Endocarditis por Lactococcus garvieae en un paciente sometido a hemodialisis crónica. Primer caso reportado en Chile y revisión de la literatura

“…De éstos 42% provienen de Europa, 35% de Asia y 23% de América. Según el tipo de infección, hubo 20 endocarditis infecciosas, (11 de válvulas mitrales nativas [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] , tres de prótesis de válvula mitral 7,13,14 , tres válvulas aórticas nativas 2,12,15 , dos prótesis de válvula aórtica 9,16 y una válvula tricúspidea 17 ), dos casos de bacteriemia 4,18 , dos casos de septicemia 4,19 y dos casos de peritonitis 4,20 . Otros fueron casos aislados de absceso hepático 21 , osteomielitis 22 , colecistitis aguda 23 , espondilitis 24 , infección de prótesis de cadera 25 y un hematoma subdural 9 .…”

Meningitis caused by Lactococcus garvieae

“…6 Since an increasing number of human infections due to L. garvieae have been reported in recent times, this organism has gained recognition as an emerging zoonotic pathogen. [2][3][4][5][6] One probable reason for its increasing reports might be availability of advanced bacterial identification techniques. A total of 21 cases of L. garvieae with clinical details have been reported in the literature 7 ; most of which were suffering from endocarditis.…”

“…[1][2][3] Most of the patients in the reported cases of human infections had a positive history of contact with raw fish. Another common factor, which was seen to be present in some patients of L. garvieae infection was valvular damage.…”

Lactococcus garviae Endocarditis: Case Report

“…İnsanda endokardit, osteomiyelit ve karaciğer apsesi yaptığı opportunistik patojenlerden biridir. 1,4 Laktokokların enterokoklardan ayrılması pratikte sadece fenotipik testler ile yapılabildiğinden, hastalığın gerçek insidansının tespit edilmesinin zor olduğunu ve gerçek insidansa göre daha az bildirildiğini düşünülmek-tedir. 5 Lactococcus türlerinin fenotipik özellikleri Enterococcus türleri ile aynıdır.…”

“…1 Lactococcus cinsi bakteriler fenotipik olarak sekiz türe ayrılmıştır: A An na ah ht ta ar r K Ke el li im me el le er r: : Endokarditler; olgu sunumları A AB BS ST TR RA AC CT T Lactococcus garviae is a rare opportunistic pathogen with a low virulance. In humans, only a few cases infected with this agent were reported in the previous two decades.…”